Apparently, it’s common in Germany to have to pay for using a washroom.  I saw this at a train station and it surprised me.  It cost fifty cents just to use it.  Coming from a place of free washrooms, I refused to pay this fifty cents and I waited until I found a free one.  Another strange thing is that the washrooms on the train itself are free.  I don’t see the point in going to the washroom at the train station when one can go on the train.  The must washrooms must be really clean though in order to be worth fifty cents.  I wouldn’t know because I never use it.